Bob Stefanowski, the Republican candidate for Connecticut governor, is doubling down on his pitch to parents who are concerned about COVID-19 vaccines being mandated for children.
As part of his campaign to win over blue state voters, the Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut, Bob Stefanowski, is trying to capitalize on any lingering resentment over safety precautions taken at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even though COVID-19 is not the hot-button issue of two years ago, Republican contenders such as U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is running for governor in New York, and Adam Laxalt, a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada, have also highlighted their opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccines.They've maintained that line of attack even as public safety measures aimed at preventing COVID-19 have largely fallen away.
Jake Lewis, Lamont's campaign spokesman, accused Stefanowski of "courting and pandering to the extreme anti-vaccine movement to save his flailing campaign." A recent Quinnipiac Poll shows Lamont is ahead by 15 percentage points. Stefanowski has said other polling shows the race is much tighter. It's questionable whether attacking pandemic safety measures is a winning strategy in Connecticut, a state that was hit hard early in the pandemic, and where vaccines have largely been embraced.
But Stefanowski's pledge not to impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates has been cheered by some, including those who opposed a law Lamont signed last year that took away a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities. Vaccines required in Connecticut schools depend on the child's grade. They include polio, measles, mumps and rubella.
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